The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-11-04
From Tuesday's DAIIY FaEr Parss.

lltn, tuo iottl W 4OtAl tiAN ~'sh W 1850
and the 10Th and 30th.
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From TUESDAYS DAILY Face PRnssl
The county treasurer and audito
are busy making their monthly settle
ments.
Tho new government envelope witt
green stamp is an exceedingly homel.
affair.
Miss Eta Bergholtz has reconsider
ed her determination to leave the post
office and will remain.
Marriage licenses We're issued yes
terday to Edward j. Reimam and Edit
B. La Favor, and August F. Sample anc
Emma Keehn.
Large numbers of applications fol
teachers are being received by the Nor
NAL school authorities. On an average
about two positions day are filed.
Mr.. ID. l.. Clements fine Newfound
land dog was found dead Yesterday
morning, having been poisoned. 1t wa'
a rascally deed on somebody's part.
Persons cannot be too careful this
weather. Probably more colds and ill
nesses will be contracted during the pres,
emit pleasant weather than during colder
weather.
The tenth annual meeting OF the
Minnesota Dalryman's Association will
meet at Minneapolis, Dec. IL, IA and 10.
A large number of distinguished men
will address the convention.
Prof. II. P. Cushing is slowly re-
covering from the effects of a sprained
ankle. He is able to attend to his duties
at the Normal, but has to assist his loco
motion with crutches.
IF. NJ. Pope has added a new branch
to his business-that of wholesaling
wagons and carriages for an Eastern
firm. He is at present receiving q large
stock of various kinds of vehicles.
The boy, Eckman, who was injured
at the cement works yesterday by hav-
ing a horse step upon him, had his leg
broken. A telephone message from the
works was our authority for saying yes
terday that the injury was less severe.
"A new tariff on freight from Duluth
to Mankato was put in effect by the
Omaha to-day. 1t is as follows:
LIST End srd 4th 5th A b G D
50 40 so 20 l24 l79 10 Is 10 lO
Hay, Is; salt, 10; cement, lime and
Stucco, 10.
1t is probable that the work of drill
ing on the gas well of the Mankato Coal,
Gas, Oil & Mineral Company will not be
much before spring. The
drillers who have been engaged write
that it is uncertain when they will COM
pIete the wells they have now on hand.
The Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis
& Omaha office at Mankato has Just put
on sale their new 1900 mileage books.
These books are good for transportation
over the C. & n. wall divisions-Mil-
Lake Shore & Western; Green
Bay, Winona & st. Paul, Sioux City and
Sioux City and Mis-
souri, Valley junction; Kansas City, st.
Joe 4 Council Bluffs-between Council
Bluffs and Kansas City; and the G. B. d
Des Moines & st. Joe. Par
lies holding these books can secure pas
age on the entire system of the Omaha,
md also to Omaha.
Sunday nights scene in front of the
Gospel Army meeting was repeated last
night. Two policemen were constantly
engaged in keeping the sidewalk clean.
The crowd extended to the middle OF
The street. The leader of the meetings
has handed in at the police department
a long list of those who have been dis
turbing the meetings and she expressed
her desire to have those whose names
appeared arrested and dealt with ac-
,ording to law. The list includes both
young men and young women and one
Or more married women. Under the
present penal code the penalty for dis
turblng a religious meeting is very Sc
we're, being $500 fine or year in Jail if
we mistake not.
The suit of Mccormick vs.. w. B.
Craig was settled this afternoon, having
occupied the attention of Judge Sever
ance during the forenoon on a motion TO
bring the Minnesota Stone Company in
to the suit. This motion was argued
and granted. While the attorneys were
the matter in Judge Sever
ance's Office this afternoon settlement
was unexpectedly arrived at. The
terms of the agreement are not vet
known but the appearance Is that they
are very favorable to Mr.. Craig. This
will be pleasant news to his friends.
The case has been pending for some
time. Messrs. Collester & Foster, A. R.
Pfau and ]. L. Washburn appeared for
the defendant while Mr.. S. B. Lewis, of
Waseca appeared for the plaintiff.